Ordinary chords by Joriah Kwame

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse 1:
         E MajorE    EMaj7Emaj7
I notice how she looks at me
          E MajorE    EMaj7Emaj7
But I pretend that I don't see
        G# minorG#m         E MajorE (note)
It's easier if I let the tension subside

Verse 2:
          E MajorE     EMaj7Emaj7
I've seen it in the books I read
         E MajorE    EMaj7Emaj7
A augmentedA magic that you cannot see
        G# minorG#m
There's no limitations
         Aadd9Aadd9
They wear it with pride

Bridge 1:
    G#m/B    BB
But the characters I read
   Esus2Esus2      E MajorE
Never act or look like me
    BB                   Esus2Esus2 E MajorE
I can't depend on them to lead me through the right door!

Pre-Chorus 1:
  D#mD#m         E MajorE
And what's the point of falling
    D MajorD       Aadd9Aadd9
When I know I'm only stalling
     D MajorD      Bsus4Bsus4  BB
'cause I have to go back home

Chorus 1:
             C# minorC#m
Where I'm just one in the herd!
         BB
Tripping over my words
         Aadd9Aadd9
Trying hard to go with the grain
      Bsus4Bsus4    CdimCdim
Keeping the quirks in my brain


      C# minorC#m
I'm on the brink of discovery
 BB
I think
        F#add9F#add9
But what if I'm dreaming
        Bsus4Bsus4 BB
That's what it seems like

Chorus 2:
      C# minorC#m
'cause this girl
            Eaug/C
Thinks I'm part of her world
       A augmentedA      A minorAm
And that new territory's scary

D MajorD
If I turn the handle
   A augmentedA
A minorAm I asking for a scandal
BB           E MajorE   EMaj7Emaj7
Should I try to be ordinary?
       BB (note) E MajorE
mmBAAAAAAAH

Verse 3:
           E MajorE   EMaj7Emaj7
I've always been a little odd
         E MajorE    EMaj7Emaj7
The only pea inside the pod
       G# minorG#m
That's not an expression, I'm guessin'
N.C.
Oh well


Verse 4:
   A augmentedA   CdimCdim E MajorE    EMaj7Emaj7
See that's exactly what I mean!
           E MajorE   EMaj7Emaj7
I'm just as awkward as I seem
         G# minorG#m
Plus she makes me nervous
         Aadd9Aadd9
I hope she can't tell

Bridge 2:
Bsus4Bsus4     BB
What is it she sees?
    E MajorE
In this cluster-clump of me
N.C.  BB              D MajorD E MajorE
    Or could it maybe be I'm going crazy
  D#mD#m      E MajorE
And hey, who am I kidding?
   D MajorD         A augmentedA
This isn't some sweet beginning
    D MajorD       Bsus4Bsus4
Just a detour to the end

Chorus 3:
         C# minorC#m
Then back to the herd!
         BB
Tripping over my words
         Aadd9Aadd9
Trying hard to go with the grain
      Bsus4Bsus4    BB
Keeping the quirks in my brain

  E+Eaug  C# minorC#m          BB
I'm on the brink of discovery, I think
        F#add9F#add9 A augmentedA
But what if I'm dreaming?

Bridge 3:
  A augmentedA
Do I rewind, induce amnesia?
G# minorG#m
    Pretend I didn't see her
A augmentedA
    Succumb to stupid fear
C# minorC#m    BB      F#add9F#add9
Or just believe in my heart?
          C majorC D MajorD
Why play a pa-art?

Chorus 4:
        C# minorC#m
Why follow the herd?
          BB
Why not trust in my words?
         Aadd9Aadd9
I don't wanna go with the grain
      Bsus4Bsus4    BB
Why try to make myself plain?


  E+Eaug  C# minorC#m           BB
I'm on the brink of rediscovery, I think
        F#add9F#add9
So what if I'm dreaming?
      BB
I like the scene that I'm in

Chorus 5:
     C# minorC#m          E+Eaug
And this girl is a part of this world
           A augmentedA         A minorAm
The thought of being normal's far more scary

Post-Chorus 2:
F# minorF#m
I'll be brave and I'll be kind!

I'll make a choice and change my mind!
A augmentedA
I'll mess up all the time
                    F#F#
They'll say I'm weird, but I'll be fine
     BB             E MajorE
And I'll be anything but ordinary!

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